Research Article
The Older They Are, the Less Successful They Become? Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study
Table 1
Summary of semographic characteristics.
| Demographic characteristics | Octogenarians () | Centenarians () | | | % | | % |
| Gender | | | | | 5.72* | āFemale | 50 | 69.4 | 193 | 82.5 | | āMale | 22 | 30.6 | 41 | 17.5 | | Type of residence | | | | | 35.52*** | āPrivate home/Apartment | 58 | 86.6 | 97 | 45.5 | | āPersonal care (Assisted Living) | 1 | 1.5 | 41 | 19.2 | | āNursing home | 8 | 11.9 | 75 | 35.2 | | Ethnicity | | | | | 2.02 | āWhite/Caucasian | 61 | 84.7 | 179 | 76.5 | | āBlack/African American | 11 | 15.3 | 55 | 23.5 | | Education | | | | | 22.58** | ā0ā4 years | 1 | 1.5 | 11 | 4.9 | | ā5ā8 years | 2 | 3.0 | 53 | 23.8 | | āSome high school | 6 | 9.0 | 26 | 11.7 | | āHigh school diploma | 18 | 26.9 | 43 | 19.3 | | āTrade school or vocational degree | 8 | 11.9 | 28 | 12.6 | | āSome college | 9 | 13.4 | 22 | 9.9 | | āCollege degree | 13 | 19.4 | 19 | 8.5 | | āGraduate degree | 10 | 14.9 | 21 | 9.4 | | Marital status | | | | | 54.15*** | āNever married | 1 | 1.5 | 9 | 4.3 | | āMarried | 26 | 38.8 | 10 | 4.7 | | āWidowed | 36 | 53.7 | 182 | 86.3 | | āDivorced | 4 | 6.0 | 9 | 4.3 | | āSeparated | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | | Cognitive status | | | | | 63.59*** | āLow (MMSE ā¤ 17) | 9 | 12.5 | 112 | 48.3 | | āMid (18 ā¤ MMSE ā¤ 22) | 1 | 1.4 | 44 | 19.0 | | āHigh (MMSE ā„ 23) | 62 | 86.1 | 76 | 32.7 | |
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